ChristopherSt. Lawrence, 7th Baron Howth was born after 1509.1 He was the son of ChristopherSt. Lawrence, 4th Baron Howth and AnneBermingham.1 He married, firstly, ElizabethPlunket, daughter of SirJohnPlunket and AnneBarnewall.1 He married, secondly, CeciliaCusack, daughter of HenryCusack.1 He died on 24 October 1589.1 Christopher St. Lawrence, 7th Baron Howth also went by the nick-name of 'the Blind Lord'.1 He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1544.1 He succeeded to the title of 7th Baron Howth [I., c. 1440] in 1558.1 He was invested as a Knight on 9 February 1570.1 In 1576 he was imprisoned for a period, being in conflict within the Pale with the Lord Deputy.1 On 8 July 1579 he was convicted of cruelty towards his wife and children (inclduing illtreating his daughter Jane to the extent that she died). He was imprisoned and fined £1,000.1